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The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-24

holds Is its central doctrine that
land and the means Of produ ction
should be the property of the
social union. and not of the priv
ileged individuals in it; it is the
one name which is recognized the
world over as the name of those
who are opposed to political, re-
ligious and socialtyranny in every
land; of those who look with
brotherly sympathy on the efforts
of every nation which is strug-
Cling for its freedom; of those
who are on the side of the poor
and the toiling everywhere; of
those'who recognize no barriers of
nationality, of class or of creed,
but who see a brother in every
worker, a friend in every lover of
the people. Every political name
is of the country IN which it is
born; but the name Socialist, like
the name atheist, is of no one
land; it is valid in every country;
it is whispered on Russian steppe,
in German field. in French city,
in Italian vineyard; wherever it
is heard the chains of the captive
for moment seem lighther, for
hope has lifted them, and the care
worn faces of the toilers brighten,
as the gleam from a SUMMER day
gilds the tools over which they
bow.-Annte Besant.
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Parsons and Powderly.

Personally, l question the sin
cerity of man who will draw a
salary of $1,000 a year and ex-
penses out of a labor organization.
Think of the thousands of girls
and women working for from 81
to s. a week, and men who can
barely pay their dues to the order
because their wages are SO low,
paying one man $1,000 a year!
Compare this salary and the man
who gets it with the SS a week and
the martyred A. R. Parsons. Par
sons got S. week for editing the
Alarm, and no one who knew both
will deny that Parsons was Pow
derly's superior intellectually.
Parsons was a student-an inves-
tigator, a thinker, an author. Pow
derly writes. it is true. but his
writings do not bear the evidence
of investigation and consecutive
thought, as Parsons writings did.
Think of Garrison, Phillips, or John
Brown taking salary of $1,000 a
year for trying to abolish slavery!
4. Ladaaie in Detuu I'D
Uance.
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ganized eight hundred men as
Knights of Labor. and afterward
disorganized them and again or
ganized them as trade union.
Mr.. Strasser cited the fact as an
illustration of the way the cigar
makers have deserted the Knights
of Labor. but he said there was
nothing "secret" about it. The
Knights are anxious for the cigar
makers to return. but the latter
are able to paddle their own ca
noe"
So much for promised but
spoiled sensation.
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"Was 1t o Fair Trial Z"

AN Appeal to the Governor OF
Illinois by Gen. M. M. Trumbull,
in behalf of the Condemned An
archists."
This work. a twenty-page PAM
phlet, on the trial and the rascally
and murderous rulings of the
court, can be had at the following
prices:
Per copy. 10 cents; in quantities
OF ten, IS cents.
Address: Lucy E. Parsons. 7S5
Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Ill.
Vt om
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PIE CoLoSIsrs sPIAK.
,.., set Apart . Day n Memory Of
'''' tho Martyrs-Ths Workers Of
the world Shsuld Do
Likewise.

The ENQUIRER has received the
following resolutions from Com
.,de r. N. Weitknecht who. in be-
half of the colonists. asks that
they be published:
To the Workers Of the World;
Know ye, that we, the workers
.f the Kawcah Cooperative Col
oov Of California, on our works
,ssembled, have on this second
Friday of November. 1887, unani-
mously declared that,
WHEREAS, The state of Illinois
did, through its prostituted judi
ciary, spurred on BY a degraded
capitalistic press and thoughtless
mob, doom to Imprisonment and
death eight innocent, true and no
bic men, leaders Of working
people. teaching the principles of
industrial and social reform, and
guilty only of loving and serving
the oppressed poor, and.
WHEREAS, This state did, on
this second Friday of November.
1887. through its bloodthirsty Off
cials, foully murder FIVE of these
men, imprison two for life and one
for fifteen years, and by this fend-
ish act as an example did attempt
the monstrous crime of suppress
ing the free speech and free as
semblage of the working people
in behalf of human liberty and
progress in these. United States of
America; therefore be it
Resoived. That we, as members
OF the great family of workers and
comrades in the same grand re-
form, do hereby proclaim these
men. namely: August Spies, AL
bert Parsons, Adolph Fischer,
George Engel, Louis Lingg, Sam
ucl Fielden, Michael Scwhab and
Oscar Necbe, heroes and martyrs
for the glorious cause of human
liberty and progress; and
Resolved, That we do hereby
declare and set apart the second
Friday of November of future
years as a memorial day for our
selves and our children. to be kept
sacred to the memory of those
heroic men, and to the cause they
50 earnestly and faithfully advo-
Gated; and be it further
Rcsoivrd, That we do hereby
petition the workers of all nations
to make this day an international
memorial day in honor of the
worlds martyrs in the cause of
truth and equity and a monument
to industrial and social liberty.
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WHY l Am q Socialist.

"A Socialist! You don't mean
to say you are Socialists" Such
is the exclamation with which any
one who adops the much-hated'
name of Socialist is sure to be
greeted in polite society" A
Socialist is supposed to go about
with his pocket full of bombs and
his mind full of assassinations; he
is a kind of wild beast, to be hunt
ed down with soldiers if he lives
under Bismarck; with sneers,
abuse and petty prosecutions if he
lives under Victoria. The very
wildness of the epithets launched
at him, however, shows how much
there is of fear in the hatred with
which he is regarded; and his op-
ponents by conhning themselves
to mere abuse, confess that they
find themselves unable to cope
with him intellectually. Preju-
dice and passion. not reasoned ar
guments. are the weapons relied
on for his destruction. Once let
the working classes understand
what Socialism really is, and the
present system is doomed; it is
therefore of vital necessity that
they shall be prevented from
calmly studying Its proposals.
and shall be so deafened by the
clamor against it that they shall
not hear the "still small voice" of
reason. do not challenge the
effectiveness of the policy-for a
time. It has been the policy of
the governing classes against
every movement that has been
aimed against their privileges;
radicalism has been served in ex-
actly similar fashion. and new
that radicalism has grown so
strong that it can no longer be
silenced by clamor, it is the turn
of Socialism to pass through a like
probation. There is always an
ugly duckling in society's brood;
how else should be maintained the
succession of swansl
With a not inconsiderable
number of persons the prejudice
against the name of Socialist is
held to be a valid reason for not
adopting it, and it is thought wiser.
to advocate the TING without al
fronting the antagonism aroused
against the name. With such a
policy | have ever had no sympa-
thy. 1t seems to me the wiser,
as we'll as the franker course, to
boldly wear any name which ex-
presses an opinion held, and live
down the prejudice it may awaken.
The name Socialist is in itself a
fine name. denoting as it does
the social union; it is the recog-
nized label of the school which
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-24

Perhaps the most popular
piece of furniture in our store is
the graceful and beautiful Queen"
Folding Bed. We can hardly sup
ply the demand; they sell at sight.
If any of our readers want to
make a housekeeping friend or
relative present, take a look
through our stock. and you will
say that you never saw so many
exquisite presents in one estab-
lishment. Our stock of high art
novelties is very complete. We
can satisfy the most exacting
buyer in every particular. Our
beautiful Illustrated Catalogue
mailed free on application. Store
open until 8 p. m.
JIG. FITZPATRICK,
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spiritualism at Chamber Of Commerce

DR.. E. o. Matthews. the cele-
brated trance speaker and test
medium of Albany, New York,
will again hold religious services
at Chamber of Commerce under
the auspices of the progressive
spiritualists of Denver. on Sunday,
December IS, at2:3o and 7:3o pm.
After each lecture DR.. Matthews
will give descriptions of the So
called departed spirit friends that
may be present. A small fee
will be charged at the door to pay
expenses. All invited. 1t
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-24

The German Section of the So
cialistic Labor Party will hold
their regular business meetin
every Friday evening at 8 o'clock
at East Turner Hall. All mem
bers are expected to be present
and friends who desire to join our
Party are cordially invited.
If r. BLUMENBERG, organizer
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solves upon desperate things they must
expect desperate measures in return.
ONEw YORK, Nov. 23.-Thc twentieth
anniversary of the execution of the
Manchester martyrs was celebrated in
the large hall of Cooper Institute this
evening. There were fully 2,s09 men
and women present. The meeting was not
altogether harmonious. When Richard
Caffrey denounced those who opposed
Henry George in the late election, Sc
lecting Patrick Ford for special denun-
citation, there were loud protests. Sew
eral of those who protested were
promptly put out, and company of
the SiXty-ninth regiment arose and left
the place. The confusion lasted several
minutes, and while two men were being
elected by citizens and police matters
assumed serious aspect. DR.. McGlynn
also raised mingled storm of Kisses
and applause when he denounced the
treatment TO which he had been sub
jected by the pope and Archbishop Cor
rigan.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-The twen-
tieth anniversary of the martyrdOm of
the Irish patriots. Allen, Larkin and
O'Brien, at Manchester, England, was
concentrated with public meeting
at Industrial hall tonight, under the
auspices of the Clan-na-Gael. Nearly
4,C00 people were present. Senator
Riddleberger, of Virginia, was the ora
tor of the evening.
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the boys are artifcially flooded. This
water is drawn off about the middle of
May, and the bushes come to view as
fresh and green as June clover field.
There were picked last year in the
New Jersey marshes nearly 100000
bushels of cranberries, which were sold
at an average price of 81 buShel. The
yield this year will not be more than
twO-thirds of last years, but it is eX-
pected that the price will be high
enough to insure as large return to the
growers as they had from the crop Of
1856.
The picking of this seasons crop in
New Jersey is now at its height, and
the crop will all be gathered within the
next ten days. The inventive genius
not only of Jersey, but of the whole
country. has taxed itself annually III
vain for ever so many years TO provide
an automatic berry-picker. The har-
vesting of the cranberry crop of New
Jersey, and of all other places where
the cranberry is grown, is virtually in
the hands of the people the grower is
forced to employ as pickerS. They bully
and haraSS and boycott and strike under
the slightest provOcatiOn of their en-
ployers. The cranberry-grower has to
walk humbly and circumspectly about
his boys or be disciplined roundly by
the gathererS of his crop. The
owners of cranberry marshes
in New Jersey distribute over
5000 day for two or three weeks dur
ing the picking season alone to the peo-
pie, many of whom would be otherwise
seeking aid from the town before spring,
but for some reason the pickerS re-
gard the growers as their natural en-
emieS, and act towards them accord
ingly. There is great deal of grum-
bling among them just now because the
crop this year will be shorter than
usual, and consequently picking will
not last as many days asst did last year.
The Cape Cod cranberry crop amt
short" said an Ocean county picker,
who. with his family, has been earning
nearly SIS day for the past two weeks
on the berry marshes: NOR the Wis
conSin crop amt short. Then why
should they shorten it OH us i'll Jersey?
Cause the apple crops short. That
the reason. The apple crops short i'll
Jersey. and whenever that happens
cranberrieS is worth heap more than
they are when apples is plenty. The
berTygrowers know that well, and know
that two-thirdS crop in Door apple
year is worth more than a full crop or
bigger is in good apple year. so they
just raise little crop this year to give
the pickers wipe. cause they don't
lose anything themselves by ii. but
make money by it. more likely, Labor
amt got no show on the berry bOgs.'
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Frightened to Death.

A case of literal frightening to death
has just occurred in the town of Sodua,
says a Lyons, n, Y, special to the
New York Herald. On Sunday
night farm labOrer, James Van Wyck-
lin, while intoxicated, started to walk
to his home, several miles distant.
About midnight he reached the resi-
dence of Mrs. Ellen Ketchum, which he
thought was his own. The woman was
nervous, timid and about fifty years OF
age. Van Wycklin, unable to open the
door. began to kick upon it and to smf sh
in the windows. Mrs. Ketchum thought
her house attacked by burglars, and
was found by her grandson in swoOn
in the middle of the room. Van Wyck-
lin, finding his mistake. continued his
Journey. and the grandson fastened for
help. Mrs. Ketchum remained uncon-
acious for several hours, and died from
the effects of fright during the morning.
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CHINESE FORTUNE-TELLI
A Buddhist Sacred Island Where
No Living Thing Is Slain.

The little island of POotO, one of the
Chusan group, about $50 miles from
Shanghai and 40 from KingpO, is a
eautiful little dot in the China sea,
some four miles square and sacred to
the priesthood and worship of Buddha.
Thousands of years back, according to
the San Francisco Chronicle, some holy
diSSeminatOrS of that great Oriental
creed chose this spot to retire to and
commune with the benign deity, and
to-day it is sacred in the eyes of all Bud
hist China with record of the lives of
holy men, recluSeS and miracles; in
fact, a sort of Celestial Mecca.
The sight of the island is its great
Fortune Telling or Water Lilly Temple.
1t is magnificent structure and very
old, having more about it the character
iSticS of Indian architecture than the
ordinary style of the Chinese. 1t is al
most surrounded by little lake, whose
surface is covered with water lilies.
Perhaps the main object of the Chi
nese pilgrim in visiting PortoO is to .hear
what the oracle has to say at thi M
pie: for fortune told here is SUP IoSed
TO be delineated by the great Buddha
himself. Chinese pay handsomely for
these manifestations and every white
man doing the Island is supposed 10
have his fortune told. The business
costs about 81 or So, and is marked with
considerable ceremony and Ingenious
ness.
The great golden idol of temple holds
in his right hand sort of cOrnucopia
filled with numbered bamboo sticks. On
payment of the fee the officiating priest
makes obeisance to the deity and waves
incense before him, which is followed
by some hidden machinery making the
hand rattle up the sticks and drop two
or three. These are reverently picked
up and the combination deciphered.
written out of fancy paper and handed
to the customer.
The writer has before him one of
these manifestations translated YER
batim by Chinese Office boy. Though
rather obscure. it is not altogether de-
void of an element of the encouraging
and poetic. 1t runs thus:
1.-The joss say you come the time
Autumn. tell you | compare you as a
stOrk; then you get fair wind you fly up
tO heaven: no any bird can pass you"
1t is needless to add that several win
tiers have passed and the stOrk hasn't
got there yet. But that is not Buddha' S
fault.
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1T VS. on ALL Tables.


One-quarter OF the cranberry-grOWing
area of the United States, Massachusetts
and Wisconsin being the other princi-
pal growers of the fruit. 4 cranberry
marsh of the present day is as handsome
plat of green things growing as the
eye could rest upon: but the rearing of
the bushes on new bog TO the age of
fruit-bearing is attended with no end of
care and toll, to say nothing of the eX-
penSe. Since the cultivation of cran-
berries assumed the proportions of a
large and important agricultural pur-
suit i'll New Jersey. three enemies. not
one of which aSSailed the bush in its
wild state. have arisen up against it-a
grass, a bnllruSh and an insect. After
a new marsh or swamp has been cleared,
ditched and Sanded. it is planted by
taking cuttings or slips from old bushes
and inserting one end of them in the
layer Of SAND. Oh the peat soil, which
Is pushed closely about the slips.
Cranberry slips soon take root in
almost Immediately. They spread rap
idly over the marsh, but before they
have reached out their branches many
days the planter finds them surrounded
and chOked by the sharp-edged, stiff
leaved, three-Square grass, and its in
eyitacle cOadjutOr, the hardy and per
SiStent bullruSh. The grass and the
ruSheS must be removed root and
branch, for which purpose curious
gOugeS and peculiar hoes and other I'M
plements have been devised. These
peStiferOuS weeds have to he constantly
watched and uproOted every week or so
for two seasons, so thoroughly impreg-
mated does the soil seem to be with their
germs and so rapidly do they develop.
At the end of the second year the cram
berry bushes have obtained such
strength and Roadway that they cover
the ground all over the bog like an i'm
mense velvety mat of emerald, and have
choked the enterprising grass and
ruSheS out Of existence. 1t is estimated
that to foster a cranberry bog to this
stage of its existence costs the owner
500 an acre. If a man should want to
buy tWO-yeaI-Old bog, thrifty and in
perfect condition, he would be lucky il
he could obtain ii for less than $500 all
acre.
Cranberry bushes blossom at the be.
ginning of the third season. and from
that time on the grower may expect a
visit from the web-wOrm. the most
dreaded enemy of the bog. A singular
characteristic of this insect is that il
never gives warning of its coming on a
marsh. The cranberry grower may &c
to bed at night without having been
able to discover sign of a web-worm
on his bushes, and get up next morning
to see the marsh look as if it were GOV
cred with miniature banks of fog, and
the tops of the bushes drawn together
so tightly that Irvine tied around
them could hardly make them closer
The light banks OF fog are the webs Of
the worm which have been constructed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-25
SALTWATER NEWS.

Judge McCluer. who is holding term
of court at Red Wing, takes a recess
this week.
OA union Thanksgiving service was
held at II a. m. yesterday at the MethO-
dist church, at which Rev. w. ii. All
bright preached the sermon.
Work on the union depot was sus-
pended yesterday but will progress as
usual to-day. The tower is nearly slated
and will be finished the present week.
The funeral of Aid. Lows little
daughter was attended yesterday fore
noon by large number of friends and
neighbOrS. The services were at the
residence and were conducted by the
UniVerSaliSt clergyman. The caSket
was wreathed with beautiful flowers,
and pillow of tea roses and carnations
with the word Myrtle" worked in i'm
mOrtelleS, was at its head.
The exercises at the prison Yesterday
were largely attended by citizens. many
of whom were unable to find room
within the chapel. They embraced an
address by the prison chaplain at 10 a.
m, music by the prison choir. recita-
tiOns in German and NOrsk dialect, the
former by e. A. Bennett. clerk of court.
and the latter by DIR. w. II. Cain. reel
tatiOn by Miss May Mabel Seward.
Robert of Sicily" and short addresses
by other visitors. At l p. m. dinner
was served to the prisoners, consisting
of the traditional turkey and other lux
uries, followed by fruit and cigars.
During the afternoon the prisoners
were allowed the freedom of the cell
room, and rOamed at will in the CORR
doris, laughing. singing. dancing. smok-
i,,sr ,,-ifl
While thus engaged Warden StOrdock,
who had not been present at the chapel
exercises. visited them and was received
with pleasant greetings. Being called
out by the cOnvicts he made them an
improMptu speech, full of good advice
and encouragement to good behavior.
He was warmly applauded by them.
The day was happy one for those in
side the walls.
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On the Berlin ROurse.

BERLIN, Nov. 23.-Business on the
bourse to-day was strong. kilograms
from Moscow reporting reaction
against a French alliance, on account of
the unstable political situation i'll France.
together with concurrent feeling in
favor of Germany, assisted the buoy
ancy. Russian securities advanced l
per cent and Hungarians q. Credit an
stalt advanced marks. st. Petersburg
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Vernon HarCOurt.

LONDON. Nov. 23.-Sir William Yer
non Harcourt, speaking at Penritt this
evening. asked whether Mr.. Bright and
the other Unionists were prepared to
march under the Conservative prOtec-
ZIONIST flag. He said he believed the
government would take Lord Randolph
Churchill's advice and drop the land
purchase scheme.
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exchange advanced to 177.50 and roubles
to Io0.25. The German Union Tele-
graph company announces that the gov
eminent has offered to purchase the
company's cables and other property.
The directors of the company recon-
mend that the offer be accepted.
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An Emigration Scheme.

ROME, Nov. 23.-The pope has en-
trusted to a cardinal the task of negO-
tiating with the Italian government
with reference to an extensive joint
emigration scheme. The pope proposes
to utilize parish priests for the double
purpose of furthering government col
OniZatiOn ideas and retaining a religious
hold on emigrantS.
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LOCAL MENTION.
Thanksgiving

Poultry and fruits, and in fact the good
things of this life, are obtained from
farms and gardens. Those near great
cities like st. Paul pay best. Acres i'll
large or small tracts for sale, exchange
or for rent. HeZekiah Hall, room 3,
Manufacturer block.
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He Was Released.

New YORK, Nov. 23.-Jean Adam
Brunnet, naturalized American citi-
zen, who was seized last month by the
German government. on the ground
that he had not done military duty to
that government, has been released, and
he will be allowed to return to America
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The National Grange.

LANSING, Mich. Nov. 23.-The Ma
tional grange to-day voted to hold its
next meeting at Topeka, Kan. A reso-
luton was adopted asking that a reduc-
ton of the bonded Indebtedness of the
country be made from the treasury sur
plus. The convention adjourned late
tonight.
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Riaine's Picture.

PARIS. Nov. 23.-Mr. Blaine spent
two hours to-day posing in the studio of
Healey. the renowned portrait painter.
Mr.. Blaine has sat for the artist seven
times in the last fortnight. The work
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